A selection of the most favourite Scots-songs
Subtitle: chiefly pastoral, adapted for the harpsichord, with an accompaniment for a violin
By: by eminent masters
Publisher: Willm. Napier
Published: 1790
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
Subjects: Songs with violin; Scots Ballads; Scots Songs
Notes: Figured bass unrealized.

Includes "A Dissertation on the Scottish Music", attributed to William Tytler --p. [1]-16.

Includes glossary, index and registry of subscribers.

Composers listed in the index include Dr. Arnold, Mr. Barthelemon, Mr. Carter, and Mr. Shield.

"Respectfully inscribed to her grace the Duchess of Gordon."

Music and text on facing pages, with separate pagination.

Scots or English words.

Dr. James L. and Dr. Margaret Whitby donation.
Table of contents: title: An thou were my ain thing; title: Allan Water; title: Alloa house; title: Auld Rob Morris; title: Auld lang syne; title: Auld Robin Gray; title: Aye waking, oh!; title: Bonny Dundee; title: Busk ye, busk ye; title: Bess the Gawkie; title: Bonny Bessy; title: Bonny Jean; title: Corn Riggs; title: Cromlet's lilt; title: Down the burn davie; title: Dumbarton's drums; title: Deil tak the wars; title: Etrick banks; title: Fair Helen; title: For lack of gold; title: Gil Morice; title: Gilderoy; title: Gallashiells; title: Hap me with thy petticoat; title: Here awa, Willie; title: Johny's grey breeks; title: John Hay's bonny lassie; title: I'll never leave thee; title: Johny Fa'; title: I wish my love were in a mire; title: Kath'rine Ogie; title: Lady Ann Bothwell's lament; title: Logan water; title: Love is the cause of my mourning; title: Lochaber; title: Low down in the broom; title: Lewie Gordon; title: Leander on the bay; title: My apron dearie; title: Mary Scott; title: M'Pherson's farewell; title: My deary, if you die; title: Nancy's to the green wood gane; title: Oh dear mother; title: Oh! open the door, Lord Gregory; title: O laddie, I maun lo'e thee; title: Pinkie house; title: Peggy, I must love thee; title: Polwart on the green; title: Roslin castle; title: She rose and let me in; title: Sae merry as we hae been; title: The bonny Earl of Murray; title: There came a ghost; title: The highland laddie; title: The ewe-bughts; title: The braes of Ballendine; title: The Birks of Envermay; title: The bush aboon Traquair; title: The blaith'rie o' it; title: The siller crown; title: The collier's bonny lassie; title: Tweed side; title: The broom of cowdenknows; title: The lass of Patie's Mill; title: The banks of Forth; title: Thro' the wood laddie; title: Twine weel the plaiden; title: Tarry woo'; title: The highland laddie; title: Tak' your auld cloak about ye; title: The flowers of the forest; title: There's my thumb, I'll ne'er beguile thee; title: The last time I came o'er the moor; title: The boatman; title: The gaberlunzie man; title: The yellow-hair'd laddie; title: When absent from the nymph I love; title: Woes my heart that we shou'd finder; title: Will ye go to the ewe-bughts Marion; title: Waly, Waly.